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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 988 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (The robot loop): Sense = taking in information with sensors (touch, light, sound, distance, camera). Think = the controller running the program and deciding. Act = doing something: motors move, a gripper grips, a buzzer beeps, a light shines. Then the loop starts again.

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  1. 1.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a battery (c) a loop (d) a crash
  2. 2.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the motors turn it”? (a) the motors turn it (b) it decides to turn
  3. 3.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it counts the boxes (b) it plans the next move (c) a sensor reads light (d) the program picks a path
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the wheels spin (b) a sensor checks distance (c) a buzzer beeps (d) it decides to stop
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) it counts the boxes (c) it compares two numbers (d) the program picks a path
  7. 7.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  8. 8.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) it drives on (b) the motors turn it (c) the bumper is pressed (d) the controller reads it
  9. 9.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  10. 10.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it decides to stop”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) the gripper closes (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to turn
  14. 14.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a buzzer beeps”? (a) think (b) act (c) sense
  15. 15.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a gyro feels a turn (c) it plans the next move (d) the program picks a path
  17. 17.True or false: when it plans the next move, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it counts the boxes (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the robot turns left (d) an LED lights up
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the robot turns left”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is acting. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: when it compares two numbers, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧠 Which parts do the “sense” job? (a) the battery (b) the sensors (c) the motors (d) the frame
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the wheels spin”? (a) sense (b) act (c) think
  24. 24.True or false: when a bumper is pressed, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it drives on (b) the controller reads it (c) it decides to turn (d) the motors turn it
  26. 26.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) the wheels spin (b) it plans the next move (c) the robot turns left (d) a gyro feels a turn
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  28. 28.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) an LED lights up (b) a camera spots a wall (c) a sensor reads light (d) a sensor checks distance
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a bumper is pressed (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) a mic hears a clap
  30. 30.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) act → sense → think (c) think → act → sense (d) sense → think → act
  31. 31.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) the gripper closes (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the robot turns left (d) a bumper is pressed
  32. 32.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “it drives on”? (a) it decides to turn (b) it drives on
  34. 34.True or false: when it decides to turn, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  36. 36.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  37. 37.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “the motors turn it”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  38. 38.True or false: when a sensor checks distance, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the arm lifts a box (c) a camera spots a wall (d) the robot turns left
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to turn (b) the program picks a path (c) an LED lights up (d) it counts the boxes

Answer key

  1. a loop
  2. it decides to turn
  3. True
  4. a sensor reads light
  5. a sensor checks distance
  6. the arm lifts a box
  7. think
  8. it drives on
  9. think
  10. sense
  11. act
  12. think
  13. the gripper closes
  14. act
  15. sense
  16. a gyro feels a turn
  17. True
  18. a camera spots a wall
  19. act
  20. False
  21. False
  22. the sensors
  23. act
  24. False
  25. the controller reads it
  26. it plans the next move
  27. sense
  28. an LED lights up
  29. it compares two numbers
  30. sense → think → act
  31. a bumper is pressed
  32. False
  33. it decides to turn
  34. False
  35. act
  36. act
  37. it drives on
  38. False
  39. a camera spots a wall
  40. an LED lights up

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